An artist with a taste for exotic mediums, <a title="Corey Corcoran" href="http://coreycorcoran.com/" target="_blank">Corey Corcoran</a> delicately etches designs into fungi. Using the Artist Conk mushroom (<em><a title="Ganoderma applantatum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_applanatum" target="_blank">Ganoderma applanatum</a>) </em>as his canvas, his pieces range from 6-24'' and are covered in images ranging from microbes to celestial bodies. Corcoran explores the interconnectedness between the micro and macro level with great detail, and like early pictograms, the carvings use an element of nature to express forms of life; human figures and body parts float alongside insects and plants, and images move into one another to remind the viewer that they are part of a broader ecosystem.

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Corey Corcoran

Boston-based illustrator forgoes the traditional paper or canvas for the underside of a giant mushroom.

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Corey Corcoran

His organic backdrops allow for a sculptural quality to his work, each pierced piece taking advantage of the structure of the fungus.

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Corey Corcoran

Appearing as a cross between folk art and classic book illustration, each composition seems to be telling a story where humans and the environment intersect.

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Corey Corcoran

By choosing a the Artist Conk, Corcoran not only highlights his own skill, but the often overlooked beauty of a fascinating organism.

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Corey Corcoran

Feet root the human body into the natural world.

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Corey Corcoran

The top of the Artist Conk mushroom.

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Core Corcoran

Each of Corey Corcoran's piece is elaborately detailed, paying homage to the intricacies of the web of life.

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Corey Corcoran

Each piece varies with the dimensions and overall structure of the mushroom canvas.

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Corey Corcoran

Painstakingly etched, Corey Corcoran investigates the intersections between life and art.

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Corey Corcoran

Corcoran's work resembles early folk art with his limited use of colors and simple figures.

Corey Corcoran

An artist with a taste for exotic mediums, Corey Corcoran delicately etches designs into fungi. Using the Artist Conk mushroom (Ganoderma applanatum) as his canvas, his pieces range from 6-24'' and are covered in images ranging from microbes to celestial bodies. Corcoran explores the interconnectedness between the micro and macro level with great detail, and like early pictograms, the carvings use an element of nature to express forms of life; human figures and body parts float alongside insects and plants, and images move into one another to remind the viewer that they are part of a broader ecosystem.